Cool Additions to our already cool state... UTAH

 One Friday night we were going to go grab some dinner and I suggested running up to City Creek after and Norm actually agreed!  I've been wanting to get up there and check it out.  Norm wanted to eat at Chick-fil-A and there is one at the food court.  Maddy needed some new church shoes but we quickly realized that his fantastic mall is not exactly where you are going to typically find "screaming deals".  It is a beautiful place in our city, I kept walking around going, this doesn't feel like Utah, it feels like some big major city.  It is truly beautiful.  I loved all the water fountains and features and the indoor outdoor feel.

 Another very cool, new place is the Utah Museum of Natural History.  It sits up on the mountain above Red Butte Gardens.  Tenley's fourth grade class was able to go on a field trip there and I was lucky enough to be a chaperone.   This is another high end big city feel.  It is huge, 5 floors, full of discovery.  The kids were very enthralled and looked at each exhibit.  As an adult, I'd love to go back and read and linger a little longer at each exhibit.  Tenley really liked the dinosaur displays, the Native American exhibit and the display of different rocks.  The hands on exhibits were the favorite though.  Make your own earthquake, dig for dinosaur bones, put pottery pieces together, braid rope and the outdoor deck.  The view from the rooftop is amazing, you can see across the whole valley.  One of my favorite parts was a glass enclosed scientist lab.  There were archaeologists working on a tortoise shell fossil.  They were cleaning it and watching him do such delicate work on something that is hundred to thousands of years old was fascinating!  I highly recommend going and can't wait to go back and linger longer!

 The view from the top!

Tenley, Tenley, Maddy and Aspen

Angie and I took the girls swimming at Dimple Dell indoor pool after the last day of school.  They played and swam and kept each other entertained for a couple of hours while Angie and I visited and watched them, of course...  They are such a cute group of friends... different ages but they have a grand time together!